F & J Landscaping

This project has been delayed a numerous times and will be reviewed again either poorly or good depending on outcome of final patio completion.

On 9/04/2018 Yes 2018!!! this is 7/9/2020 I contracted F & J Landscaping to build a patio 602 sqf paver patio in back yard, paid in full 10/29/2018. On 11/08/2018 as a companion to fix drainage problem I paid in full on 11/15/2018. He completed 95%of drainage contract and 40% of the patio contract . Have not heard a word from him since October 2019. He would only show for work around every three weeks and then for a few hours. I told him October 2019 that I would have to take him to small claims court because it looked as if he was going to take us through a second winter of project not completed. His comment was he has two very good lawyers. He has abandoned my two contracts. I have contracted another contractor to finish contract.

I am not the first customer he has done this to, check the Hillsborourgh NC BBB for an example.

Amazing!!! Work. The work was done in 3 weeks I will load up pictures later. Julian is very talkative but his work is outstanding!!! I am so happy with my patio and fence my community wants him to do our clubhouse landscaping and outdoor patio . Thank You Julian Bouldin for everything . Beautiful work best wishes to you and your business.

UPDATE: I successfully took F&J Landscaping and Contracting, LLC to small claims court and the magistrate cited with me that the company breached the contract. As of judgement day in January 2020, no appeal was entered by the defendant and he also has not paid me (as of 25Sep2020).

As per other posts/reviews here, the company owner threatens that he has two attorneys. I believe that is false as he represented himself in court (unprepared). Do not let this person continue to take people's money and get away with inferior work.

Feel free to contact me at [email protected] for any details that can be helpful taking the company AND Mr. Bouldin to court.

Mr. Bouldin and his company breached the contract we signed on the 10th of August 2019 by missing the deadline (and not to unforeseen delays but refusal of needing a permit, sparse working on my deck while weather was fabulous, etc.).

1) I asked him whether a permit (before signing the contract) was needed to replace an existing deck and he insisted that it was not the case. I found out almost 2.5 weeks later that a permit was indeed required. I was willing to apply for the permit to save him time as the permitting office personnel in my county informed me what was needed (and my cousin who is an architect could help me). Mr. Bouldin refused to let me apply for the permit and continued to insist that none was needed. However, he finally applied for the permit because the permitting department was aware of my project.

2) He refused to provide me with his business license ID and insurance information that he insisted he had.

3) I wanted to mail him one of the checks and he said that there was a problem with the PO Box (the one listed on the contract). He never provided me with a mailing address. Maybe the one here is wrong, too.

4) I gave him two extensions as he missed the original due date of October 1st, 2019. He insisted that the delays were due to unforeseen delays. September 2019 had only a few rainy days and he did almost no work on my property even after he had the permit. His fiance admitted that he worked other jobs which made sense as he only showed up on my property sporadically and worked for a handful of hours on those days. He continued to insist that my project was the only one. He was the only one building the deck with occasional help of his young son.

5) Mr. Bouldin may provide good quality work, but his time management, condescending attitude especially toward me/women, unprofessionalism, disrespect, and at times immature behavior became unbearable. His over-talking, repetitive lies, and gas-lighting resulted in my requesting he'd remove all his equipment form my property and drop off all the materials I paid for or give me a certain refund if he wasn't going to bring my materials.

6) His contract states inconsistent information: once it states that the balance was due at the completion of the check, but he also hand-wrote on the contract that the balance was due "per request".

I chose Mr. Bouldin and his business because he seemed to be truthful and understood that I requested a deadline because I was going to have surgery soon after. However, a more than 7-week delay is unacceptable without significant excuses or sometimes no explanation at all. I can back up everything I wrote here (texts, contract, and recordings).

Beware of this contractor.